WESTFIELD -- An 18-year-old former Westfield High School student is being held in the Hampden County jail after he was returned to Massachusetts to face a rape charge.

Jail officials say Felix M. Flores is being held on $10,000 cash bail, after his March 25 arraignment in Westfield District. Judge Philip A. Contant ordered Flores held in lieu of $5,000 cash bail for each of two charges: indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over and rape.

Felix M. FloresLee County Sheriff's Office

Flores gave court officials a Lehigh Acres, Florida address when he was originally arrested in December of 2012, but the defendant was a student at Westfield High School and living with friends in a Union Street apartment complex.

Flores fled the state following a January 9 show cause hearing, when a clerk magistrate found probable cause in the case and ordered him to trial. His arraignment was scheduled for February 1, but he failed to show up and a national warrant was issued.

The fugitive was arrested by Florida police in February and held there until Westfield Police Detective Daniel Gustafson flew to Florida to take Flores into custody. He was finally arraigned earlier this week.

Flores was originally charged in December with indecent assault and battery after a teenager told police he fondled her as she told him to stop. But, police said, in a later interview the teen said Flores forced her to perform a sex act. The rape charge was added to the case January 23.

Rape is a felony charge that can only be prosecuted in Superior Court.